Coffee production in Kenya

[5] The acidic soil in the highlands of central Kenya together with just the right amount of sunlight and rainfall provide excellent conditions for growing coffee plants.

[11] In the early 1950s, an agricultural act was passed to create family holdings that combined subsistence farming with the production of cash crops for additional income.

[12] Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) indicates that coffee production in recent years has ranged from 34,500 to 51,900 tonnes.

This was largely caused by a drop in the price of coffee in the New York Intercontinental Commodity Exchange.

Elgon and to a smaller scale in Machakos and Taita hills in Eastern and coast provinces respectively.